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Comparison of Arch Linux & Slackware

Posted by timothy on from the special-events dept.

PostThis writes "The so-called 'lean and mean' distros in the Linux land, Arch Linux and Slackware are being compared in this article. Their installation, configuration, usage, package management, stability, speed, support and future vision are among the qualities discussed."

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  1. Re:Distros have no business in /opt! by atomic-penguin · · Score: 3, Informative

    opt is my area where I can install my big self-contained stuff and not worry about it getting changed or overwritten at the next upgrade or apt-get. If Arch puts half of /usr in /opt, where is non-distro related software supposed to go? ~/stuff?

    Could put your stuff in /usr/local.

    There is a filesystem hierarchy standard

    As defined by the fhs:
    "/opt : Add-on application software packages"
    "/usr/local : Local hierarchy"

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